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hpr3490 :: The Path

by: Ahuka

Publication date: 2021-12-17
Usage: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Topics: DOS, early PC computing, The Path
Contributor: HackerPublicRadio
Language: English
Item Size: 240.5M

Summary: More on DOS. This time it is the Path.
Series: DOS
Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3490
Original audio: http://archive.org/download/hpr3490/hpr3490_source.flac

In this DOS tutorial we take a look at the Path, an important concept. While the concept continues to be used in modern operating systems like Linux, in DOS you had severe limitations you always had to be conscious of. Remember that this was in the days when 640KB was enough memory for anyone.